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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Media Outlets Poised To Become Trump's Personal Propaganda Machine
Bobby Lewis
January 3, 2017 6:00 am
After the 2016 presidential election, President-elect Donald Trump is coalescing a network of supportive right-wing media outlets, including an online publication owned by his son-in-law, a supermarket tabloid, and a new 24-hour news outlet that has been described as Trump TV. Since the primaries, these right-wing media outlets have helped push Trumps agenda and have attacked his political opponents.
The New York Observer
CONNECTION: OWNED BY JARED KUSHNER, TRUMPS SON-IN-LAW
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Right Side Broadcasting Network
CONNECTION: HELPED TRUMP WITH PRE- AND POST-DEBATE SPIN; CEO SAID TRUMP BUILT RSBN
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The National Enquirer
CONNECTION: OWNED BY DAVID PECKER, TRUMPS LONG-TIME FRIEND
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Breitbart News
CONNECTION: OPERATED BY TRUMPS CHIEF STRATEGIST, STEVE BANNON, WHO DESCRIBED THE SITE AS THE PLATFORM FOR THE ALT-RIGHT, WHICH INCLUDES WHITE SUPREMACY
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Infowars And The Alex Jones Show
CONNECTION: TOP TRUMP ADVISER ROGER STONE IS A FREQUENT JONES/INFOWARS COLLABORATOR AND TRUMP APPEARED ON JONES PROGRAM AND PRAISED HIM
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Full article:
http://www.nationalmemo.com/media-outlets-trumps-propaganda/?utm_campaign=website&utm_source=sd&utm_medium=email
LonePirate
(13,424 posts)I don't visit the site myself so I will defer to any DUer who can provide some additional insight here.
Cha
(297,275 posts)Didn't the NY Observer use to have Joe Conason?
The Media Outlets Poised To Become Trump's Personal Propaganda Machine
http://www.nationalmemo.com/media-outlets-trumps-propaganda/?utm_campaign=website&utm_source=sd&utm_medium=email
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)Kushner has the Observer for sale, it will be interesting to see what happens with a new owner
Cha
(297,275 posts)Scurrilous
(38,687 posts)moondust
(19,988 posts)any publication, website, or other information outlet that is found to be deliberately and repeatedly propagating bullshit would be shut down.